Asia

1. Delicious gruel: July 6 at 10:04am Vientiane, Lao PDR: I have checked into a beautiful service apartment and this is my first week in the country. After the day’s work, I went shopping for groceries. My driver took me to “Mumbai Masala” an Indian…

It was our last morning in Vientiane, before we moved on to a new continent (Africa), after a break in India. We were flying out that evening. One of the most beautiful places in the world with wonderful people to match, Laos boasts of a…

Last week I went to Northern Laos – to the remote mountainous Sayabouri Province to see our work. I flew to Luang Prabang (the ancient capital of Laos and now a UNESCO heritage site) and from there took the four-hour mountain road journey, made particularly…

Luang Prabang, Laos The ancient capital of Laos – Luang Prabang is situated towards the north of the country. The region, like Sayabouri that I described in detail an earlier post is mountainous, with the Mekong and its numerous tributaries meandering along the mountains, deep…

In October 2012, I was in India for a couple of weeks on my annual leave. The dramatic events that unfolded over this period and spanning two continents is what I shall relate in a series of write-up. Part I: Mind over matter – from…

Part III: Life and After-Life, Rishi Valley In the course of our walks through the sylvan Rishi Valley campus, we came across our path two large bugs with brilliant red and black colours, trampled over. On closer examination, strangely the dead and flattened bugs looked…

Shantiniketan, West Bengal 21st – 27th January 2012 My eight year old daughter Madhura (Minnie) and I spent the first phase of our very exclusive and exciting Father-Daughter holiday in India, at Shantiniketan. We flew to Kolkata from Vientiane, (via Bangkok) late in the night…

Foot lose and at large in India My eight year old daughter Madhura (Minnie) and I spent fifteen days traversing India on our very exclusive and exciting Father-Daughter holiday. It was a no holds barred trip – we ate where we wanted and what we…

Trip to the Golconda Fort, Hyderabad: December 2011 Minnie and I had an amazing tour of the Golconda fort on the 31st of December as a part of our exclusive Father – Daughter trip of India. It was a cool, crisp winter day, with an…